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Week 8 review
National final season 2010: What happened last week?
Slovakia
The third Slovak semi final was held on Friday with another ten acts competing. The SMS voters decided to send Robo Opatovský, Free Voices - Z osnov, Renáta Ä�onková & Martina Polievková and Martin Konrád to the semi final stage of Eurosong 2010. The fourth quarter final was held on Sunday and this time the winners were Martina Schindlerová, Mayo, Alone and Petra HumeÅ�anská.
- Complete results of the third quarter final here.
- Complete results of the fourth quarter final here.
Finland
After three semi finals, the Finnish national final Suomen karsinta 2010 was held on Saturday. Ten acts were still in the running and after the first round of voting, three acts went to the 'super final'. The eventual winners were duo Kuunkuiskaajat with the song Työlki ellää written by Timo Kiiskinen. They will be the 44th Finnish entrants in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010.
Norway
The host country held the second chance round of MGP 2010 on Saturday. Eight acts competed in a total of six duels and eventually it was decided that Venke Knutson will join the line-up of the national final next Saturday with the song Jealous 'cause I love you and so will Bjørn Johan Muri with Yes man.
esctoday.com national final awards 2010
The 2010 esctoday.com National Final Awards will be held between April and May, which means between the national final season and the Eurovision Song Contest. We will repeat the same format with two rounds for nominations which was used this year - you can read how it works here. However, this time the individual polls for each country will always be held right after the national final, when the entries are still fresh. You can still vote for your favourites in the two national finals that have already been held:
- Vote for your favourite performance not to qualify in Albania here.
- Vote for your favourite song not to qualify in Albania here.
- Vote for your favourite performance not to qualify in Finland here.
- Vote for your favourite song notto qualify in Finland here.
Preview of week 9
| Tuesday, 2nd February | Azerbaijan | Semi final |
| Germany | 1st heat | |
| Friday, 5th February | Slovakia | 5th quarter final |
| Saturday, 6th February | Norway | National final |
| Denmark | National final | |
| Sweden | 1st semi final | |
| Iceland | National final | |
| Sunday, 7th February | Cyprus | National final |
| Netherlands | National final | |
| Slovakia | 6th quarter final |
Songs already chosen for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Related polls
- Finland decided: How much do you like Työlki ellää?
- esctoday.com National Final Awards 2010: Best SONG not to qualify in FINLAND?
- esctoday.com National Final Awards 2010: Best PERFORMANCE not to qualify in FINLAND?
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Hi Sara!
You're welcome! 
Greetings
They are all average and jury friendly (it's a cause and effect relationship)
Finland chose a good song - best winner so far. Netherlands is also good, so is Switzerland. I don't like Albania's choice though.
Nicky Peeters:
Thanks for the link I am really excited to hear the selection from Ireland this year. Ronan Keating has written a song and Niamh Kavanagh (the winner of ESC 1993) is back again also with a strong anthemic ballad with a distinctly Irish flavour (I read). And Brendan Graham has written one song too. Funny that both Rolf Løvland ("The touch" in Norway) and Brendan Graham (in Ireland), the two men behind the world famous song "You raise me up" are competing in each of their national final.....cool And also Johnny Logan is said to have written a song. And surprise surprise..of course it had to be a swede involved in Ireland too..hehe (Alexander Bard from BWO). A really exciting selection. Can't wait to hear the songs
Hi Princess Engla!
You're welcome!
Greetings
@Nicky Peeters:
Thank you very much for the link! This was exactly what I needed!!!
Hi Princess Engla!
Especially for you, take a look at this link: http://www.allkindso(...)ing.ie/IrishNews.htm
Greetings
A question: what about Ireland? I haven't heard anything about their selection...Any info about this?
Hi Dawid Sz.!
You're welcome!
Greetings
Well ......... Here is the TOP 4 from the 4 already picked song...LOL
1.Albania
(This song when sang in English with a proper stage performance and her voice which is AMAZING is a qualifier)
2.Switzerland
(It's not very original and that guy looks like Dumbo , but from these 4 song this definitely deserves second place)
3.Finland
(It's simply not good .... that's all I can say , and believe me I tried listening to it)
4.Netherlands
(The melody is dull but I am still waiting for the final version presented and hoping for a different arrangement of the song)
Waiting for better songs to be honest 
Sweden - MF:
Without hearing any songs from MF I am only curious about Ola and Salem Al Fakir from 1st semi
Norway - MGP:
I really have a hard time deciding who I want to win. I like almost all the songs this year. I think I lean towards A1 or Alexander Stenerud (both of them I’d be really happy winning 
) followed by Didrik/the 2 Marias/Bjørn Johan/Venke (I wouldn’t mind any of those winning either). The only one I'm not really keen on winning is KOK. 
Denmark
I haven’t been able to listen to the snippets yet (it doesn’t work for me)
Iceland
The songs I like the most is Jógvan Hansen (too bad his voice isnt good enough), Iris Holm (Iceland should maybe go for something different than a ballad this year) or Hera Björk.
Slovakia
I haven’t heard any of the songs from the 5th or 6th quarter final, but I REALLY hope Tomáš Bezdeda 
will win and represent Slovakia.
Azerbaijan, Germany and Cyprus
Haven’t heard any of the songs yet….
Marcus Klier:
Ahhh...thank you. That has completely passed me by. I thought that the Netherlands were going to send this cute elderly man...hehe (btw I didn't know who he was but now I read that he and he started to sing only 8 years old..naaw. He has written almost 1600 songs, OMG! he has even written the promotional song for the animated movie "The smurfs"..which I love..hehe..
http://www.youtube.c(...)/watch?v=kWbMikrZ91U
I thought at first after De Toppers last year that the dutch were going on this path to "top it" with sending an even older guy. LOL!
@ Nicky Peeters
thank you
@ Sara ❀ Aurora Borealis ☮
Pierre Kartner was internally chosen as composer of the Dutch entry and the song he wrote is the one in the video. In the national final, the best performer will be chosen out of six acts who will all perform this very song "Ik ben verliefd, sha la lie".
If the Netherlands have allready chosen their song, why is there this information in this article?:
Sunday, 7th February - Netherlands - National final
1.ALBANIA --POTENTIALLY WINER OF ESC 2010
2.SWISERLAND --GOOD BALLADE NOT FOR WINNING
3.NETHERLANDS-ITS INTERESLLY TO LISTENED
4.FINLAND-INTERESLLY BUT SO FUNNY, ITS A MISTAKE OF TRADICIONAL FOLK
I have listened the english version of Albania, its sounds till now winner of eurosong 2010
top 4
1.Albania
2.Swiserland
3.Finland
4.Finland
FINLAND IS GREAT!!
ALL THE REST TILL NOW ARE C.R.A.P ESPECCIALY ALBANIA.. ALBANIA IS SO BAD, THAT IS ACTUALLY FUNNY
Hi Dawid Sz.!
The 34 countries competing in the semi-final, will be drawn into their semi-finals this sunday, on February 7th.
Greetings
I've got a question....
when will be drawing a semi-final ?
Marko
I mean that lol, that would be a long song xD
So far, The Netherlands are best.
Niamh Kavanagh, Brendan Graham and Alexander Bard have all submitted songs for the Irish selection. This one will come big.
Patte
30 seconds, not 30 minutes LOL
Engla
The swedish songs will be released in Friday just 30 minits snippets though
Is there any news about when we can listen to the swedish songs?
Why is everybody so enthousiastic about that Hera song ? It's so mainstream, it's such a copy of "This is my life", it's so europop that it will struggle getting through to the final.....
Netherlands...brrrrr, I just don't like the demo, that I'm not really bothered who will be punished to sing this horrible little thing..... but in the 10 sec semo's, I like the girlgroup the most.
Norway, I hope for Venke, but probably that will be A1.....
Slovakia I am not really following, although I should as Martin (presenter) is a really good friend of mine....
MF, I probably go to the Swedish pub at Baker street and watch it together with a bunch of Swedish friends.....
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